SDR P2EA99312

Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Boeing 737247

Difficulty date
November 13, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N912MP
Make and model
Boeing 737247
Aircraft serial
19607
Part
Control Cable
Condition
Broken
Location
Flap Indicator
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

MSP - FLT 703 - EMERGENCY DECLARED, LANDING UNEVENTFUL. FLAP ASYMMETRY LOCKOUT AND INDICATOR SPLIT OCCURRED WHEN FLAPS WERE SELECTED DURING APPROACH. WHEN FLAPS 5 WERE SELECTED, NO LEADING EDGE FLAP TRANSIT LIGHT CAME ON AND NO MOVEMENT OF FLAP POSITION INDICATOR. REFERRED TO QRH AND ELECTRICALLY LOWERED FLAPS (ALTERNATE). FOUND LEFT FLAP POSITION INDICATOR CABLE BROKEN. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED LEFT FLAP POSITION INDICATOR CABLE FAC-1, FAC-4 PER MM 27-51-221 AND BAC 5002, SECTION 8-11. REMOVED PINS F-1, F-2, F-3 AFTER RIG, SAFETIED TURNBUCKLES. FLAPS OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL. (M)